Humidifying device.



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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 1915.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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AMOS R. BLISS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HUMIDIFYING- DEVICE.

Application filed January 18, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos R. BLIss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Humidifying Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for humidifying the atmosphere of a room or other inclosure in connection, for example, with a radiator or other-source of heat; and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a humidifying device of this sort which will evaporate and deliver to the atmosphere of a room a relatively large volume of water, which may be arranged in an inconspicuous place on the radiator (when A further object: ofthe invention is to provide a device which can be filled without removing it from the "radiator.

A further object is to arrange the absorbent bodies of evaporating elements so that they are subjected to drafts of hot air of considerable velocity, the volume of water evaporated being very considerably increased. These drafts are preferably produced by forming the device with lines, of which the absorbent bodies form parts and providing means for deflecting hot air from the radiator or other source of heat through said flues.

The invention has for further objects such other and new constructions, arrangements and devices relating to humidifiers as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in two somewhat different embodiments, both, however, operatingon the same general principles.

Figure 1 is a View in elevation of a radiator with a humidifying device constructed in accordance with my invention attached thereto. Fig.2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmen- Specification of Letters Patent.

' ator sections.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 2,861.

tary plan view on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal section illustrating'the construction of one of the removable evaporating elements forming part of the humidifier. Fig. 5 is a crosssectional view of the same. Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the humidifying device illustrated in the preceding figures. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a radiator having attached thereto a modified type of humidifier, and Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view further illustrating this embodiment of the invention.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, 25 indicates a radiator of ordinary type made up of a number of spaced, connected radiator sections. The humidifying device shown in these figures is preferably supof the room. which latter is designated 26,

Fig. 2. 27 is 'a vessel, the wall of which adjacent the radiator, is preferably formed with substantially V-shaped projections 28 designed to enter the spaces between the radiator sections. The vessel may be supported upon or adjacent to the radiator by any suitable means. For example, it is shown as provided with hooks 29 which are mounted in keepers 30 on two of the. V- shaped projections 28, the hooks extending over the spacing lugs 31 between the radi- As the hooks may turn in their keepers, there will be no difficulty in attaching the device to any standard types of steam or hot water radiators. Projecting upwardly from the bottom of the vessel 27 is a tubular member, preferably a number of such members, 32, opening through the bottom of the vessel and open also at the top. Preferably the tubular members are arranged within theV-shaped projections 28. They constitute flues extending through the vessel from top to bottom. Each tubular member is designed to support a hollow or tubular evaporating body, preferably constructed as follows: 33 is a sheet of ordinary blotting paper rolled into tubular form, with any suitable number of turns, over a sheet of reticulated wire fabric 34; or other suitable foraminous material stiffer than the blotting paper but flexible enough to bend when the paper is rolled. The tubular element thus formed is placed within a cylin- V drica'l member 35, also made of recticulated wire fabric or other suitable foraminous material. The wire fabric elements are intended simply to support the tube of blotting paper which, by projecting down into the vessel 27 over one of the tubes 32, is kept moist for its whole length, due to capillary attraction, by water in the vessel. When one of the tubes of blotting paper needs to be renewed, it may be slipped out of the cylindrical w1re fabrlc element 35 inclosing it, and a new sheet rolled around the inner wire fabric element 34:. It will be seen that the evaporative or absorbent elements extend quite a little above the tops of the fixed tubular members 32. The evaporation from the inner surface of the blotting paper tubes above tubular elements 32, is very considerable, due both to the relatively high temperature of the air currents and also to their velocity. There is also a certain amount of evaporation from the outer surface of the absorbent above the water line and from the body of water itself which, it will be seen, is in close proximity to the radiator. In order to increase the volume of air passing through the fiues of the device, thereby increasing the velocity of the air currents, the V-shaped projections 2 are provided at the bottom with deflectors 36, which project still farther between the radiator sections. Preferably, also, a defleeting plate 37 is arranged on the other side of "the openings into the flues. The device shown in Figs. 1 to .6 inclusive, is constructed so that one end of the. vessel may project beyond the corresponding end- 38 is a filling funnel 410. Ilhe plate 38 performs the function of throwing the humidified air out into the room, but more particularly is intended to support and form a part of the filling funnel. By means of the latter, Water in the vessel may be replenished without removing the device from the radiator. At the same time, the humidifying" device is wholly conceal-ed from'view. The other parts of this embodiment of the-invention correspond exactly, to the'form of the invention first described and, therefore,

do not require description.

While I have described my 1nvention. as embodied in two different forms, which are designed particularly for an ordinary steam Certain modified forms of the in ention,

are disclosed in my co-pendin application Serial No. 22,092, filed April 1 1915. The inventive ideas generic to' these various tion instead of herein.

So also I do not here'claim specifically, in a humidifying device of the character described, a tubular evaporating element composed of blottingpaper supported in su bstantially upright position with its lower end in' contact with the water in the vessel, whether with or without both ends open for the circulation of air therethrough, but reserve the right to make, in my said co-pending application, such claims to said specific structure as I may be entitled to.

I claim Y l. A humidifying device comprising a ves sel to contain water formed with a substantially V-shaped projection on one side, means for supporting said vessel on a sectional radiator so that the V-shapedprojection intervenes between two sections of the radiator, and a tubular evaporating elementof absorbent material in said V-shaped projection open at its upper end and opening through the bottom part of the vessel, in contact with the water in said vessel and projecting above the upper edge of the vessel so as to stan between said radiator sections. 1

2. A humidifying device comprising arvessel to contain water formed with a substantially V-shaped projection on one side, means for supporting said vessel on a sectional radiator so that the V-shaped projection intervenes between two sections of the radiator, and a tubular'evaporating element of absorbent material in said V-shaped projection in forms are claimed broadly in that applicacontact withthe water in the vessel, and I open at opposite ends so that it provides a duct for hot air from said radiator.

3. A humidifying device comprising a vessel to contain water formed with a substantially V-shaped projection on one side, means for supporting said vessel on a sectional radiator-so that the V-shapedprojection intervenes between two sections of the radiator, and a tubular ventilating element composed of blotting'paper in said V-shaped projection open at its upper end and opening through the bottom part of the vessel, in

contact with the water in said vessel, and projecting above the upper edge of the vessel so as to stand between sa'igl'radiator sections. 4:. A. humidifying device comprising a means to contain Water, means for supporting said vessel on the side of a sectional radiator, and a tubular evaporating element of.

edge of the same and interposed between the said sections of said'radiator, k a

5. Aghum dd'ymg device comprismg a vessel to contain water,

of absorbent material which extend downwardly into the water in thevessel and above the same, a deflecting plateion said vessel means for supporting the same on a radiator, evaporating elements which extends over the upper'ends of said elements, and a filling funnel for the vessel vformed on said plate.

I 6. In a humidifying device, the combination of a vessel to contain water adapted to be arranged in proximity to a heating device a tubular evaporating element in said vessel in contact With the Water therein andprojecting above the same comprising a' sheet of reticulated Wire fabric and a sheet of blotting paper rolled together with the blotting paper on the outside, and atubular reticulated Wire fabric surrounding and in- ,closing the blotting paper.

AMOS R. BLISS.

Witnesses: v I

L. A. FALKENBERG,

R. KUEHN-I 

